Breaches and Hacks Archive
With COVID-19 spreading across the globe last month – bringing with it a host of cyber security risks – it would have been easy to fear for the worst in terms of cyber attacks and data breaches. But surprisingly, we …
A primary school in Gdańsk, Poland, has been fined PLN 20,000 (about €4,600) for collecting biometric data from its students without a legal basis. The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) defines biometric data as “personal data resulting from specific technical …
This month has been a mixed bag in terms of cyber security incidents. On the one hand, the 630 million breached records represents a massive drop-off from last month and brings the monthly average back down to about the same …
Hospital notes of patients who attended Craigavon Area Hospital, Co. Armagh were discovered scattered on a local roadside on 7 February. The records contained the information of 18 patients who visited ward 2 South Medicine at the hospital, including their …
The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) last month issued a €27,802,946 fine to telecoms company TIM S.p.A for several GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) infringements and a lack of accountability.
Ireland’s DPC (Data Protection Commission) is investigating Internet giant Google and matchmaking app Tinder over the way they process and retain users’ data.
Cyber criminals are using the fear surrounding the coronavirus outbreak to infect the devices of unsuspecting victims with malware. The malware, delivered via an email attachment, was discovered by Kaspersky Lab and IBM X-Force.
In its latest data breach, Microsoft has exposed nearly 14 years of customer service and support records, equating to the details of nearly 250 million customers records.
The new decade is off to a promising start, with only 61 disclosed data breaches or cyber attacks. It’s not all good news, though, as a handful of massive incidents – including the ongoing leaks of medical files in the …
The week before Christmas, Frankfurt saw the unwelcome return of Emotet, a banking trojan that recently came out of hiding to terrorise organisations across the globe. The malware spread through the city’s systems, forcing officials to shut down its IT network, causing huge delays to government services.
